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Sharks & Rays
Great White shark followed from Massachusetts to Florida
Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture has imposed a total ban on all forms of fishing for any species of sharks in the Maldives waters.
There are now fewer than 3,500 great whites left in the oceans, making them rarer than tigers, a leading marine scientist warn
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a rule Thursday to prohibit all recreational and commercial harvest of lemon sharks from Florida waters.

A pick from the archives...

X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007
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Dubai |  
9 Mar 2010 - 19 Mar 2010
New Jersey, USA |  
26 Mar 2010 - 28 Mar 2010
Guangzhou | China |  
30 Mar 2010 - 1 Apr 2010
Singapore |  
9 Apr 2010 - 11 Apr 2010
Christmas Island |  
24 Apr 2010 - 1 May 2010
Long Beach, California, USA |  
15 May 2010 - 16 May 2010
Tacoma, Washington State, USA |  
21 May 2010 - 23 May 2010
Hong Kong |  
15 Jul 2010 - 18 Jul 2010
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  
30 Jul 2010 - 1 Aug 2010
Recommended reading
Cedric Verdier
This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.
# Paperback: 84 pages # Publisher: Nitrox Rebreather Diving (January 26, 2008) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 2953093508 # ISBN-13: 978-2953093506 # Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches

X-Ray articles in the archive

X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008
Sharks |  
Why the peculiar head shape of the hammerhead shark developed as it did has been the subject of much speculation. Few other morphological oddities have inspired so many fanciful and sensible theories about its function as the weirdly shaped head that characterises the hammerhead shark. Recent experimental evidence supports some ideas and refutes others, while pointing to a previously unsuspected role for this peculiar feature.
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007
Rays |  
If you ask a group of people what is a manta, nine out of ten will think of stingrays or those large things that swim in the rivers of Florida. Even through the manta ray is the largest winged creature on the planet and has a wingspan wider than a condor, few people even know they exist. The width of a manta ray can exceed 22 feet. They are part of the shark family but hold no danger to humans as they eat only tiny zooplankton. They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the Pacific Ocean, they have been documented as far south as New Zealand and as far north as Hawaii.
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007
The boat’s four occupants were spear fishing for Yellowtail. As Mark began to ask the skipper questions, one of the spear fisherman suddenly appeared to be walking on the water shouting “White, White! Get me out of the water now!” Mark nonchalantly looked at us and said, “Well, we have found them boys. Let’s go diving!!”
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007
Just their name, their size, and their menacing looks can evoke feelings of terror, fear and instinctive rejection. However, if you have the privilege to be able to dive with big tiger sharks, as I have, you might fall in love with them, at least you will bond with them in a mysterious way. They are certainly not as “cute” as marine mammals or anthropomorphized clown fish, but they will have an impact on you that could change your perception of sharks, and marine life, forever.
X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006
Sharks |  
"Stingray kills television host" The headlines soon spread all over the world when the famous Australian philanthropist and television host, “crocodile hunter” Steve Irwin, was recently killed by a stingray, also known as a whiptail stingray.
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006
Feature | Sharks |  
My first shark appeared head-on in the distance slowly swaying from side to side. With elegant grace and composure it continued towards the cage with mouth opened just enough to boast a healthy set of triangular teeth. Like the star of a grand performance, the shark held everyone in awe as it turned slightly just in front of the cage to examine an offering of tuna. It was a huge 14-foot (4m), 2175 pound (987kg) female. Her body was sleek and muscular, capable of high speeds if necessary. She ignored the bait and gave the caged divers a once over then slowly swam away, never changing her pace. Author, Peter Benchley, sure pegged it correctly when he referred to these creatures as “natural perfection”.
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005
Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, where divers go in search of whalesharks, but find much more. Being the Executive Director of The Manta Network, a global conservation organization, I was very interested in the local efforts to protect whalesharks. Patric Douglas, Director of SharkDiver.com, invited us to stay in Utila and write about his dive group’s whaleshark experiences.
X-Ray Mag #04 - Apr 2005
Feature | Sharks |  
ROATAN ISLAND, Honduras --- The attorney strokes the white belly of an eight-foot-long reef shark. This is not a lawyer joke. I’m 70 feet (23 m) deep in the clear blue Caribbean water off Roatan Island with a half dozen scuba divers from Anthony’s Key Resort. We’re at a dive site called “Cara a cara,” which in Spanish means “face-to-face.”
X-Ray Mag #01 - Oct 2004
Profiles | Sharks |  
Valerie Taylor, along with her husband Ron, are two of the true pioneers of underwater photo and video, since their debut in the 1960s.

News about sharks and rays

Sharks |  
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a rule Thursday to prohibit all recreational and commercial harvest of lemon sharks from Florida waters.
A landmark agreement was reached as 113 countries signed U.N.-supported wildlife treaty designed to protect shark species threatened with extinction
Sharks |  
Shark pups born to virgin mothers can survive over the long-term. New research shows for the first time that some virgin births can result in viable offspring.
Demand for shark fin soup in Asia is the number one reason why shark populations are plummeting throughout the world. Now you can take advantage of an unprecedented opportunity to make a direct impact in the fight to save sharks.
Sharks |  
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissi is considering a ban on the catch of lemon sharks
Sharks |  
Forensic techniques can now precisely identify sharks by the bite marks left on their victims.
Sharks |  
Fins from endangered sharks living in waters off of U.S. coastlines are ending up in markets in China DNA analysis shows
The bill require sharks to be landed with their fins still naturally attached
Sharks |  
Grey nurse population off the east coast of Australia has little genetic variation between individuals, increasing the threat of extinction to this group.
Sharks |  
Visitors to Auckland tourist attraction Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World found baby sharks spilling from a large gaping wound in a female shark
Sharks |  
Researchers have discovered that sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of migration that over tens of thousands of years, the white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean have separated themselves into a population genetically distinct from sharks elsewhere in the world.
Sharks |  
Great Whites have created job opportunities and wealth creation beyond what Gansbaai could ever hope to aspire without these sharks.

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